Afghanistan

This afternoon, Zachary Shanafelt's body will arrive at the Gerald R. Ford airport in Grand Rapids.Shanafelt's family says they will meet the plane, and…

Zachary Shanafelt was a field medic in the Army. He was injured in Afghanistan last year. He died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. last…

After a year's deployment in Afghanistan, 600 members of Michigan's National Guard are coming home. They'll join the ranks of 19,00 local Guardsmen and…

ADDISON, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan memorial service is Saturday for a U.S. Army nurse who died suddenly in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his…

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee says Chairman Carl Levin and member Jack Reed are visiting Afghanistan, Turkey and NATO headquarters in Belgium…

ACME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered the lowering of U.S. flags in Michigan on Friday in honor of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew S.…

A young Army soldier from Boyne City died in Afghanistan last month (November 21) - just two months into his deployment. U.S. Army Pvt. 2nd Class Jack Lee…

Earlier today I posted the stories of two young veterans who had served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.Multiple tours overseas is common in…

A silent noon-hour vigil at the state capital in Lansing will mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. Its organizers say the…

A Marine from Genesee County has been reported killed during combat operations in Afghanistan. The military says Friday that 28-year-old staff Sgt.…